Partition



May 24, 1938. G.; SLAYTER ET AL PARTITION Filed Sept. 18, 1936 r 1 1 1 t 4 1 1 4 4 d 4 4 1 4 (l v r r n I.

ATTO RN EY Patented May 24, 1938 4UNITED STATES PARTITION v Games Slayter'and Howard W. Collins, Newark,

Ohio, asslgnors, by mesne assignments, to In. gleside, Inc., Newark, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application September 18, 1936, Serial No. 101,514

6 Claims.

'I'his invention relates to partitions or walls and has particular reference to partitions or walls adapted to be .located where opposite sides thereof are subjected to a temperature differential.

One of the primary objects of this invention is to render more uniform the heat .transmitted through the partition so that, for example, the warmer side thereof will not have areas which are relatively warm and other areas which are relatively cold.

Numerous other objects and advantages of this invention will become more apparent as the following description proceeds particularly when reference is had to the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view with parts broken away of an. outside wall constructed in accordance with the teachings of this invention;

Fig'. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view with 2o parts broken away of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line I-l of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a g5 slightly modified form of construction; and

Fig.. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

While the invention is not necessarily su limited, it will ilnrl particular utility in "insulated walls,v that is, walls where a suitable insulating material is placed in the space between the inne and outer surfaces thereof. It is a common experience to note in the ceilings of rooms, particularly second floor rooms, dark streaks whichA appear to be the laths forming the plaster base for the ceiling. Actually, these dark -streaks 0r stripes represent relatively cool areas since dust deposits more readily on cool surfaces than on warm surfaces.

These cool areas in ceilings and the like of rooms are caused by the fact that heat is transmitted more rapidly through some parts of the ceiling than through other parts thereof and the present invention therefore contemplates the provision'of means for making more uniform the conduction of heat through a wall or partition so that neither side of the wall or partition will beformed of relatively cool and relatively warm areas.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout all views, there is shown in Fig. i a'foundatin wall- IIJy and an outside wall structure 4designated generally by the reference character II. 'I'he outside wall structure comprises an inner surface or side I2 and an outer surface or side I3, the former being formed of any suitable material s uch, for example, as plywood, and the latter being formed of sheathing L4 and shingles I5.

The inner and outer sides are vspaced apart by `studs vI6 to provide a chamber I1, in which there is preferably located insulation I8. 'I'he insulation may be of any desired character, that which is generally used being fibrous glass wool or rock 10 wool.

In a properly insulated outer wall structure such as that above described, it will be found that the heat conductivity through the insulated portions of the wall will be approximately .08%, l5 while the heat conductivity through the studs, if the latter be of the character generally used, will be approximately .2%. This results from the fact that the Wood studs have a relatively high co-eiilcient of thermal conductivity and obviously 20 therefore in such a construction the inner side I 2 of the wall has relatively cool areas corresponding to the edges of the studs.

To eliminate the relatively cool areas caused by the studs of usual construction, the present invention contemplates the provision of means for decreasing to a-minimumr the surface contact between the edges of the studs and the inner and outer sides'cf the wall structure. This is effected, as illustrated in Figs.v 2 and' 3 of the drawing, by. providing longitudinally extending grooves 20 in the stud edges, with the result that the joists have a minimum amount of contact with the inner and outer sides of the wall structure. It has been found thatbv so groovingthe studs, the heat 35 transmitted through the same may be reduced a substantial amount and thus more closely approximate that transmitted through the intermediate portions of the wall structure which are lled with insulating material.

It will be apparent that the inner and outer sides of the wall structure may be secured to the studs in any desired manner, there being illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing nails 2l for this purpose. Obviously these nails may be so located as to pass through the bases of the grooves 20 but this is not essential, since even should the nails strike the peaks of the ridges between the grooves, the sides of the wall struc- IlIl are provided with transversely extending grooves it being obvious that these grooves would likewise decrease the surface contact be; tween the studs and the inner and outer sides of the wall structure. As in the previously descrlbed form of construction therefore, the heat bodied in any wall structure or partition where there is a heat differential between opposite sides thereof.

'I'hus the invention might be incorporated in walls between different rooms in houses, in attic floors, or in refrigerator or like walls. Thus the Words wall or partition should be utilized synonymously since it is not necessary that the invention be incorporated in a wall within the usual meaning attributed to that term.

Additionally, it will be clearly apparent that the inner and outer sides of the wall or partition may be formed in the manner described, or in any desired manner and of many types of material, since in each instance with the partition formed in the manner disclosed, transmission of heat through the studs will be decreased to a minimum. It should further be understood that the invention is not limited to a wall or partition in which the spaces between the studs are filled with an insulating material, since it will be clearly apparent that even if the walls be uninsulated, it will be desirable to decrease to a minimum the amount of heat conducted through the walls by way of the studs. y

While the invention has been described with some detail, it is to be understood that the desctiption is for the purposes of illustration only and is not definitive of the limits of the inventive idea. The rightis reserved to make such changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will fall within the purview of the attached claims.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. A partition adapted to be located between areas differing in temperature, said partition comprising spaced apart sides, and wood members between said sides for maintaining the same in spaced relation to each other, said members having a plurality of ne grooves in close prox# imity to each other to reduce the surface contact between said members and the sides.

2. A partition comprising spaced sides one of which is exposed to a higher temperature than the other, and wood studs between said sides formaintaining the same in spaced -relation to each other, said studs being finely grooved to reduce the surface contact between the studs and the sides.

3. A wall structure comprising spaced sides one of which is exposed to a higher temperature than the other, wood studs between said sides for maintaining the same in spaced relation to each other, and insulation located between the sides and in the space between the studs, said studs having a plurality of fine grooves their edges to reduce the surface contact between the studs and the sides.

4. An outer wall structure comprising inner and outer sides spaced apart, wood studs disposed between said sides for maintaining the same in spaced relation to each other, andr insulation disposed between the sides arid in the space between the studs, said studs having their lon-v gitudinal edges engaging the saidsides and having in theirlongitudinal edges a plurality of fine grooves to reduce the surface contact between the studs and the sides.

5. A wall structure comprising spaced sides one of which is exposed to a higher temperature than the other, and wood studsv between the sides and engaging the same for maintaining the sides .in spaced relation, said studs having portions thereof which engage the sides provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves in closeproximity to each other, said grooves cooperating to reduce the contact of the studs with the sides.

6. A partition comprising spaced sides one of which is exposed to a higher temperature than the other, and wood studs between the sides for maintaining the same in spaced relation to each other, said studs being so arranged that their longitudinal edges engage the sides and the said longitudinal edges of the-studs 'having a plurality of transversely extending grooves to reduce the surface contact between the sides and the studs.

HOWARD W. COLLINS. GAMESVSLAYTER. 

